SOCL 2001 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Racialization, Essentialism, Ethnocentrism
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There are biological differences between males and females. Gender is a social construction: biology of gender, boys have a penis, and girls have a vagina. Essentialism the belief that social roles are determined: but gender is more than biology, david reimer. Doctors removed david"s existing genitals and made him into the female. Social construction of gender: social construction brief: social construction (or social construct) is any phenomenon. Greek homosexuality: the navajo people of the southwest u. s. have 3 gender identities. Theoretical perspectives on gender: a deeper analytic must be developed to explain and examine the differences between the genders, there are several theories that attempt to explain gender differences. We will look at 3: essentialism, sex role theory, conflict approaches, essentialism, differences between men and women are biological, male aggression. A purely essentialist viewpoint does not explain, or attempt to explain the derivations in gender. Historically alternative perspectives on gender: sex role theory, extension of functionalism.
